Facts: The Gar

Quick facts about this primitive ambush predator that gulps air. The gar (Lepisosteidae). Gar facts!

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References and Helpful Links
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.as...
https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Gar-Fami...
https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/85750....
https://www.nps.gov/amis/learn/nature...
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/educati...
https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbea...
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Arndt, Rudolf G., and Foltz, Jeffrey W.. Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina. United States, University of South Carolina Press, 2009.

McEachran, John D.. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes (tagline--title p. & back cover). United States, University of Texas Press, 1998.
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Music: Fond Memories
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